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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-01

PITTsBURG. PA. March 3I.-Through
trains over TIA. Pennsylvania Railroad,
and the Pennsylvania Company lime
TODAY were crowded with pas--ngers.
All passes expire at IL O'clock tonight.
On one train from Chicago. there were
twenty-five ladies who carried passes.
They were issued on twenty-five differ
ent account>. The ladies resided in
Philadelphia and New York. principally.
and were getting home while they could
ride for nothing.
An old conductor gave IL as hi-
opinion that the nine-t"nths of th" p@o-
pie travelling to-day over the Pennsyl-
vania road had passes. Officials. during
the past month. have issued passes la al
most every person who applied. regard
less of former regulations. They seem
To have taken compassion upon the
clamoroIIs public and i,sIIed PASSES with
"A reckI.>sn.-ss Indicating that they will
henceforth have mo- chance to u>. THEN
authority in favoring their friends.
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sympathy for ireland.

HARRIsBURG. Pa. March 3l.-ln the
HOUSE this morning. the following was
adopted
WHEREAS. The British House of Com
mons has under consideration and Is pre-
pairing To- put into effect -sec;,lled
Coercion hill. whos. provisions and in
tent are to stamp ont constitutional
liberty in ireland. and to abolish the
freedom of the press and the rights Of
free speech. and suppress trial by Jury
for political reasons only therefore,
.'ResOi,ed. That the House of Repre-
sentatives hereby enter its protest against
the enforcement of such heartless
coercion measures upon people strug-
CLING under the CALLING yoke of "A feudal
aristrracy and honOrably seeking "A
higher political autonomy, and that We
extend to Gladstone and Parnell and
their supporters, as well a. To bleeding
and lown-trodden Ireland the sympathy
If the free and prosperous millions of
thu. commonwealth.
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4 New York strike Over.

New YORK. March 3I.-The strife
which began yesterday among the work
men employed in rebuilding the Equita-
bile Building, ON Broadway. was con
cll,led this morning. The men COM
planned of the presence in the briii'iing of
employed by the Illuminating company,
and later these were withdrawn 10y their
employers ON the representation Of the
building contractor. One of the strikers
was arrested previously for ob>tructing
the footway and refusing Ia move "n.
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NOT MARY MAI.TBY.
M CIu~ Vet to the Identity ef the Girl
Murdered at Railway, y. -

M CIu- Vet to the Identity ef the Girl
Murdered at Railway. y. >.
RAILWAY, y. j., March 3I.-The
brother of Mary Maltby has arrived here
from Newark and states that his sister is
at present living in that city, and that
she had presented herself at the police
headquarters of Newark this morning
to- prove that she is alive. III this story
be true the ease is still shrousied i'm mys-
terry. Superintendent Harrion, of the
City Home. of Newark. said this morn
ing that he had not been positive in
his identification, but had merely ex-
pressed his opinion that the features of
the murdered girl bore IA strong RESENT
blince tn those of Mary Maltby.
Mayor DAILY received the following
letter THIS morning written in red ink /:
Dark deed. Dark night. Markey.
Offer "A big reward ami you will have
Your man" The letter was Sign I'll
'-Vidocq."
The mutIlattI body of the Young girl
referred to was found Saturday morn
ing in Railway. y. j., ON Central avenue,
in an unpopulated part of the city. The
body was living across the sidewalk ON
its back. the head turned toward the left
side. A deep cash. severing the jugular
vein. extended from the left to the right
side of the neck. Blood had gushed
forth and covered all her clothing. The
front part of the dress ami the face was
covered with mud. There was evidence
of "A struggle. Strewn over the ground
near by We're articles of clothing. a
small round willow basket contain
veil was found u gold breastpin. AMI on
one finger were three. rings. one plain.
one chased and a third set with seven
small Rhinestones.
The victim was about twenty wears
old, five feet two inches. with a full.
shapely figure and comely face She
weighed about one hundred and forty
pounds. Her dark brown hair was dis
hevelled and her lips, half hiding, half
showing II set of even. white teeth. were
swollen. deep cash extended from
the left to- the right side of her neck.
j
the bln"d haul ietted all over her cloth
ing.
She was evidently a working girl. and
later the authorities concluded that she
was a German, although there seems To
he no evidence to warrant such "A con
clusion beyond the east of 'her features.
She wore an olive green cloth skirt
trimmed with green velvet. Il figured
silk basque. buttoned CATERS. black
stockings AMI flannel undergraduates.
The police have since been following
many clews, which led to- nothing They
believe that she was from the country.
and know that no outrage was commit
| ted upon her. No one in nr about Rah-
way could identify the girl.
NEWARK. y. j.. March 3I.-May
Maltby did appear. stated in a Railway
| dispatch, ut police headquarters here
this morning To- di>prove the statement
that the body of the girl murdered at
Railway was hers.
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FOUGHT OVER GREEN GOODS.
Virginia detective in New Work BAR
gains for COunterfeits-"

4 Virginia detective in New Work BAR
gains for COunterfeit.."
New YORK. March 3l.-Two men were
seen engaged in rough and tumble
fight. this afternoon. in Great Jones street
They We're arrested and taken to Jeffer-
son Market police court. Ii turned out
that the row began over an attempt to
work the saw dust swlndle
swindle ON a man named Jacob II. Clair.
of POcahont:is. Va. Clair admitted that
he had received circulars describing
green goods" and came on to inve,ti-
gate. He arrived "A coupl. days ago and
put up at No. ~ Broadway. where he
met the other man. who gave hi, name
a. Charles Gordon.
BY appointment the two met this
morning i'm First Avenue saloon. and a
81 600 worth of green goods We're
counted out for which Clair was Ia paw
$500 tn the man, who would return with
him to his room. They were placed In a
satchel and On the way the satchel was
changed. Clair saw il and a fight en-
sued. Clair claim, to belong To- the
Eureka Detective Agency. of Virginia.
and said he was sent On Ia investigate to
protect farmers in that section. Clair
was discharged with lecture and Cor
don was sent up for six months.
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BUSINESS FAILURES.
tewer but More In Amount Than for the
fir>t Quarter of 1856.


fir>t Quarter of 1856.
NEW YORK. March 3l.-The mrrcan-
tile failures for the three months ending
with to-day. reported by X. g. Dun
X Co. We're 800. i'm number against B.
HEi for the same quarter of lSs,. The
liabilities for the first quarter nf th.
present wear are Si2 I6I .Oo0. against
S2s. 900 for the corresponding quar-
ter of lss'. The geographical diStrihu-
tion of the failures j. somewhat unusual
the liabilities in Middle States amount
ing Ia <l2.p1.Wsb. showing AN incr.a>.
"f over siN million a. compared with
lssd: and i'm New York citv Tia. liabilities
for the first three months of lSs. were
S5.61.Hn a. compared with S2.Eo. 900
in the corresponding quarter oi last year.
la all other sections of the country -N-
c-pt the Middle States. failure, arr. much
less IN number and amount than in AN
average Of years for the first quarter
and the total result IL much less than i'm
previous years. Ina Canada thu failures
for the first quarter Of lss. are 3g3 ia
or against -, for the corresponding
quarter of the Last wear The liabilities
for the quarter Just closed arr, $3 .6,,2 eD0
was compared with SHIP .ooo for the
San. I,.-rioi in ls>'i.
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NEW NAVAL. DRY DOCKS.
The General Plan and Dimensions New
Work and Norfolk.

The General Plan and Dim-n,i.n> New
Work and Norfolk.
WASHINGToN. March 3l.-Secretary
Whitney has approved the report of the
board appointed to select sites for the
new dry docks authorized by the last
Congress. The docks will be lsate,l at
New York and Norfolk Navy Yards. and
will be built by contract on the general
plan of the Simpson Dry Docks. They
will be constructed of timber and the di-
mensions will be about as follows:
Length. is5 feet: width at top. I25 feet
width at bottom, 80 feet. The amoun
of money available for their Instruction
is 81 .1oo.oo.
The New York dock will cost more
than the dock at Norfolk owing To the
difficulty of obtaining a good foundation.
Good foundation of blue clay and gravel
can he obtained at Norfolk at a depth of
b feet. While at New York innumera-
bile quicksinds and springs are found at
similar depth. necessita ting heavy
piling To obtain "A foundation capable of
supporting "A vessel of 5000 tn 10000
tons in weight. The exact location i'm
the yards of the two docks can not b.- de
termine,i. but borings will be made with
in "A short time to ascertain the nature of
the foundation.
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SHOWING IN VIRGINIA.
The Close Of an Unprecedented MarrIr
A Terrific storm.

LYNCHBURG. March 3I.-A heavy snow
storm has prevailed since | o'clock this
morning. The Signal Service reports
four inches fall up to IL a. m The fall
Ii increasing rapidly. The snow on the
adjacent mountains j. not les than ten
inche, in depth.
county say that terrific thunder and
hail and snow storm visited that section
yesterday Hail stones an inch in cir
cumference fell. and the lightning was
terrific Many telegraph poles on the line
of the Norfolk and Western Railroad
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JUDGE COOLEY. CHAIRMAN.
Interstate Commerce Com i->i"n >wori
In and Organized.

Interstate Commerce Commission sworn
In and Organized.
ASHINGTON. March 3l.-About IL
O'Clock this morning M.s-rs- Cooley.
Marion. Schoonmaker and Walker. four
of the five members of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. called AT the
White House and paid their respects to
the President. Commissioner Bragg did
not arrive i'll the city in time To go with
them. but called at the White House
shortly afterwards. and then joined his
informal gathering took place To enable
the members To become b..tter acquainted
with one another
At three O'Clock the commissioners met
by an agreement at the Interior Depart
msnt where their commissions were
handed to them and the prescribed oath
of office administered. On motion of
Mr.. Morrison. Judge Cooley was selected
a. the Chairman of the Commission.
This action was unanimous and was
taken without discussion. the members
having all come to the conclusion that
Judge Cooley was the be,t fitted for the
position.
The Commission then proceeded to in
spect the quarters selected for them. on
r. street. Just below the Ebbitt House
and. after an inspection of the rooms.
parted with the understanding that an
other meeting should b- held tomorrow
for consultation. M candidates for the
Secretaryship of the Commission We're
proposed. and that matter is still in aley
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CARTER HARRISON ACCEPTS.
The Political Situation in Chicago of
Pleasing DiVer.ity.


CHICAGO. March 3l.-t 'arter Harrison
to-day, again accepted the Democratic
nomination for mayor. The party Is full
of division and there is "A faction at
each street corner. Charlie Kern. Chair
man Of the Cook County club. and his
followers, are said to be waiting for Har-
rison to take the nomination and then
knife" him. The government building
crowd Is divided. The p"St-offic- people
are against Harrison because W. G..
GaIpy il. while the Custom House peo-
pie are supporting Harrison because the
post office crowd are against him. Ii
remains to- be seen whether all the ele
nients can be harmonizel in view of Har-
ri,"n being the only available Democrat.
CARTER HARRISON DECLINES.
CHICAGO. ILL. March Il.-It II now
announced that the report that Car
ter Harrison had agreed To- run
for Mayor is untrue. Harrison him
self repudiat-s it. He says he ~ out
of politics and intends to say out.
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Trouble in the Window Glass Trade

PITT-BuRG. PA, March 3l.-Th- win
dow glass manufacturer, of this city
have determined not To grant thu de-
mani of the mixers and lea-ers for a ten
per cent. advance in wages. In nineteen
factories in Pittsburg there are about
two hundred l.asers and mixers. In the
entire West there are ~ factories where
300 men are employed. who would be
affected by the strike The men claim
that they are justified in making the
demand IA the price of window glass
was recently advanced.
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An Arctic Trip Abandoned.

WINNEPEG. MAN. March 3l--Al@x.
Macarthur. who left here about a month
ago To find the North Pole. has returned.
News of the movements Of the Eskimos,
whom he expected to meet, was disc"ur-
aging. They will not be ON Hudson
Bay until fall. and a. the other route
Was that which Colonel Glider found inn
practicable he decided to abandon the
trip for the present. He says he will
make another attempt next fall. Col.
here.
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AUTHORIZATIONS EXCITEMENT
B@~r Gr~ster Than Politics In Detroit
Trouble Feared Election Dsy

B@~r tr~st~r Than Politics In Detroit
Trouble Feared Election bay
DETROIT. Mich. March 3I.-Th.4 int.n-
sity ot the feeling over the proposed Pro
hibition Amendment has no parallel in
the history of the political campaign in
this State. The conservative men of
both Sid,'> are fearing seriou, trouble on
election day in Detroit. Th. feeling
against the ProhibitioniSts i'm the eastern
part of the city, particularly
in the Fifth. Seventh. Ninth.
Eleventh, Fourteenth. and Fifteenth
Wards il intence. The interest in State
and county politics ~hrinks out of sight
comIar II with the absorbing importance
of thu. question whether thu. people shall
have beer or not. An Eleventh Ward
Alderman said that not one Prohibition
vote would be east in his precinct be-
cause no Prohihitionist would dare To
vote there. He added Il am speak
ing the truth when | >ay ii would not
be safe for a man to vote for the I'rohihi-
tioni>ts in my part Uf town. that IL. of
course. ii il il foun.l out" Ther,. will
probably be 5000 anti-Prpiubition
workers IT the polls. The Pruhihitionists
are very uneasy at the outlook.
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instruments in telegraph and telephone

instruments in telegraph and telephone
offices along the route We're destroyed.
STAUNToN, Va. March 31.-SnOw has
fallen here to-day to the depth Of three
inches, and is still falling rapidly
DANvILLE, Va. March 3l.-There was
a heavy fall of snow here this morning.
The weather Is still cold and wintry.
WINCHESTER. VA. March 3l.-A heavy
snow storm prevailed here all day. Snow
has fallen to the depth Of several inches.
thus closing an unprecedented March for
our valley.
RICHMOND. Va. March 3i.-Snow fell
all day. but did not attain much depth.
owing To the warmth Of the earth.
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stole Over SIS, 900.

NEW YORK. March 3l.-Eiwari VI.
Newman. in the employ of Michael
L~vingson. wholesale clothier at 5s5
Broadway. was arrested charged with
defrauding the firm of over s.5.OD by
means of fals+ entries and misiIsing the
checks Of the firm. Newman was taken
To the Tomb>
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CHICAGO, March 3l-This afternoon a
special grand jury came into the Crimi-
nal Court where Judge Anthony was
sitting. and returned three patches of in
dictments against persons implicated in
the C ounty frauds. there being a total of
23 presentments. Whom the indict-
nents are against is purely matter of
speculation just now. capias in none of
the cases having Yet t.-en issU-,i
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PHILADELPHIA. March 3l.-The >choOn-
er Sarah &. Smith, from jacksonville.
had succession of heavy gales from all
points of the compass during the entire
passage. On the 23i inst. in latitude
36 10. longitude - she was struck by a
heavy gale from the northwest. carrying
away number Of sails. She also lost
the ,le,klnad of 5000 feet of lumber.
The vessel i strained and leaking badly.
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WASHINGTON. March 3l.-lt IL author
itatively announced that th. following
appointments will be made tomorrow:
Secretary Of the Treasury. Charles T
Fairchild Of New York: Assistant SEQ
retary of the Treasury. Isaac II. May
nard Of New York
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ALBANY. n. v. March 3i.-The SEN
ate. this afternoon. suspended the rules
and passed the Crosby High Licen-s. bill
The vote was II to Ia. : Republicans
voting with the Democrats in the mega
tive Tn. bill now go.~ to the Governor
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NEW YORK. March -MoR>ING--
Both Ocean Cable lines of tin. Mackey-
Bennett Commercial cabl. 90. are bro
ken and the company i, not receiving
any busines, this morning. The breaks
have not vet been located.
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ALBANY. y. V. March :il.-John God
frey SAKE. the poet. died her" to-day.
Burial will take place in the family lot
in Greenwpod Cemetery. Brn"klyn.
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New Postmaster At Charleston. :. q.

WAsHINGToN. ID. C.. March 31.-The
President appointed to-day A. ii. Mowry.
of South Carolina, postmaster of Charle---
ton. :. G.. vice Benjamin Hug-r. de-
ceased.
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Autbori<~.i 10 B~piu Hu.in~-s.

WASHISGToN. March 3I.-The Comp
troller Of the Currency to-day authorized
the First National Bank of Gad-den.
Ala. capital stock xJ0.sn 4" b-gin
hn-inf.--
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On motion, Capt. w. vi. Husson ;
nomination for Mayor was made unani-
nous. The parties receiving the highest
votes for the other offices We're declared
the nominees of the Convention.
We wish we could stop this report
here, without saying anything more. for
it is next to- impossible to- describe tht,
confusion in which the proceedings of
the convention closed. Early in the
evening the hall was crowded and there
was only standing room, but most of the.
original crowd had left before II O'Clock.
a little after which the meeting at
iourned.
Capt. Gay left the hall after tine result
of tn. ballot for Mayor was announced.
with the remark that he would see
them at the polls next Tuesday.
Then motions We're made, carried and
Withdrawn in rapid succs s-ion, great oh
lection being made ON account of the
nomination of some of the candidates
already ON the Republican ticket, and the
colored element showed considerable in
dignation over the fact that j. \. Haw-
kins. one of their representative men.
had been defeated by one of the nomi-
nees of the other con ventinn. The peace
full and orderly convention of the early
part of the evening. broke up in the
greatest confusion.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, .
-IITNaTDS ID 4 March u 's9 ,

'WAsHINGToS. -. g., March p. 's2.
SIR: have ia" honor Ia request 10
be furnished with "A transcript. under
seal of the STATE. ~ the financial state
ment 81 Capt. j. w. Pearson Disturbing
agent Of the State Of Florida. under date
Of November Both, 1859, exhib-
iting expenditures made in settle
ment ~ militia claims for services in
the year 1870. and also transcripts. under
seal Of the STATE. Of any other financial
exhibits to be- found on the records OF
the State showing the amounts expended
by the state for expenses incurreed in
suppressing Indian hostilities Ia Florida
between the lst day Of December, 1855.
and the lst day Of January. 1880.
=" This evidence is required 10 enable
this department to properly comply with
Concluded on SECOND page
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The vote for Mayor being tie. the
ballot was re-canvassed, one vote for
Gray" being thrown out. giving the fol
lowing result
Gay --..--...- y.
HuS-Dn ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-14
THE PETROLEUM MARKET
NEWS FROM THE FIELD AND RANGE oy p

NEWS FROM THE FIELD AND RANGE OF PRICES
An absurd swept the petroleum trade yes.
erday and rush sell carried prices down nearly seven
cents from Mondays closing figure That from
the recent almost uninterrupted advance from about 90
cents should occur was not surprising, but sudden
complete change took place the speculation was
beyond reason Two causes combined the semi
panic. One was a strngency In money IN OIL City, Penn,
where carrying rates up sias1 so Tor 900 bar
res 1t evident from these figures that the situation
there had been temporarily weakened by large OK.
tension Of ghtcabre long but the PRINCIPAL
influence that provoked sales the stampede originating
In the West on rumors that the producers were In
conference in Pttsburg had broken up disagreement
There moral in the conduct OF the upon these
reports which ought not to be lost the welLowners
II they desire secure profitable prices for their product
1t may be true that II cutting In two Of production would
put oil to 81 barrel the producers would receive
money than they would for full production so cents
but such q eurtliment would assure permanent Inn
provement In values by heavy production OF above
ground far more important than the temporary benefit
which would be almost certain. But a OF fact
the reports concerning the collapse OF the producers
ment were false dispatch from one OF The largest pro-
agreement OF producers all false. Perfect harmony pre-
vas anS syefaag oosng ye asorabe ~
soon began 70 impress values From 20 70 10
noon there was further recession to ~ cents Then
came In some heavy selling orders from the West provoked
traders who have been bears assisted
almost feeling semipanc The fall was not stopped
until 81 81 cents had been touched, but the last price
at rally OF 2 cent The advantage gained by bears
signal that they ought to be able their
cess further but no adequate ground for yesterdays
alarm yet be found in the from the field II VIII
BE- strange good buying Is developed the lowest
values sufficient the downward The
ket closed excited and weak Carrying here
40a50
The Of prices and the total dealings the Con-
oldated Exchange follows:
OPENING rs; highest. rs lowest, 67 "a FINAL os Ia
Sales. barrels, 4,2S4,OO
Refined oil held It's advance to 7-S per gallon
Abel test, at all ports.
PrrrsBURG. Penn. Sept l3.-Petrolsum excited and
weaker National Transit Certificates opensl at rs AMI
clssst at 65 highest ori,s 75a: lowest prco 67.
on CITY Penn, Sept 13-cruts Oil Satisld Transit
Certificates at ~ and clossi at SO hrhsst
10 lowest price. Ga Sales 2SD7O5) btrrss charters
1888 barrels cearances 1884 900 barrels shipments,
1903 barrels barrels.
TITUsyILLE. Pesn sept l3Natiosa Transit Certificates
opened at IS and closed at 63 highest price, as low
est price. 6ii4
BRADFORD PENN Sept l3-Nationa Tralslt Certificates
747s closed 6s highest piece 747e low
price, GSi4. ClszrAnces, 1924 coo barrels